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var preload = new Image();
// Change this to the web address of your animated GIF image
preload.src = "../img/delayed-gif/profits.gif";

function doGIF() {
document['button'].src = preload.src;
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Normally, animated GIF images start as soon as they are loaded on the page.  But, if your GIF only loops once, it displays before the rest page is completely visible.  This JavaScript solution ensures that the page is fully loaded before the animated GIF begins.  Great!
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<font face="arial, helvetica" size="-1">Notice how the GIF below does not load until the rest of the page finishes loading.</font>
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<tr><td BGCOLOR=yellow><font FACE="helvetica,arial,geneva"><b>JavaScript Source Code 3000:  Page Details:  Delayed GIF</b>
<p>Simply click inside the window below, use your cursor to highlight the script, and copy (type Control-c or Apple-c) the script into a new file in your text editor (such as Note Pad or Simple Text) and save (Control-s or Apple-s).  The script is yours!!!
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&lt;!-- THREE STEPS TO INSTALL DELAYED GIF:

  1.  Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
  2.  Add the onLoad event handler into the BODY tag
  3.  Put the last coding into the BODY of your HTML document  --&gt;

&lt;!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document  --&gt;

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&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"&gt;
&lt;!-- Original:  Ronnie T. Moore --&gt;
&lt;!-- Web Site:  JavaScript Source Code 3000 --&gt;

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&lt;!-- Begin
var preload = new Image();
// Change this to the web address of your animated GIF image
preload.src = "../img/delayed-gif/profits.gif";

function doGIF() {
document['button'].src = preload.src;
}
//  End --&gt;
&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;/HEAD&gt;

&lt;!-- STEP TWO: Insert the onLoad event handler into your BODY tag  --&gt;

&lt;BODY OnLoad="doGIF()"&gt;

&lt;!-- STEP THREE: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document  --&gt;

&lt;!-- Set the width and height to the dimensions of your GIF --&gt;
&lt;!-- And be sure to save the blank.gif image to your server!  --&gt;

&lt;img name="button" src="blank.gif" width=130 height=79&gt;

 

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